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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 41, No. 57
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, December 12, 1941!
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Presentation of the King of Hearts will highlight the
Mortar Board's animal party Saturday night when Kuss Mor
gan, shown above, plays for the dancing. Voting which took
place in Ellen Smith hall Thursday was reported to be fairly
good. Eleven men are candidates for the honor.
State Yule
Ceremonies
Hail 'Peace'
"Nebraska's Song of Peace" in
a war-torn world that is the
theme which the Lincoln Junior
Chamber of Commerce has chosen
for its annual dedication cere
monies of a huge Christmas tree
at the state capitol, Dec. 13 at 2
p. m.
With a 30-foot tree placed in the
central rotunda of the capitol and
glowing with many lights against
the silver and crystal of icicles, the
ceremonies will be a dedication of
Nebraska to the spirit of Christ
mas. All the traditions of the holiday
season will be renewed as the Lin
coln Cathedral choir, directed by
John Rosborough, will sing several
religious numbers while a Christ
mas story is told.
After lighting the tree, Gover
nor Dwight Griswold will broad
cast peace greetings from Nebras
ka all over the nation over a nation-wide
Mutual Broadcasting
company network.
The dedication will close with
group singing of popular Christ
mas carols according to the Cham
ber of Commerce committee.
Play Highlights Union's
Annual Christmas Party
. . . Thursday Night
Next Thursday at 8 p. m. the
Union offers free entertainment
and free refreshments to every
one at its annual "Christmas
Party."
Headline event of the evening
will be the speech department's
presentation of Charles Dickens'
famous "Christmas Carol." In this
dramatic adaptation by University
Players, directed by Paul Bogen,
Robert Black furnishes the "Bah
humbugs" of old Scrooge. Darrell
'Peters will play Bob Cratchitt,
Scrooge's clerk, and nine year old
Paul Laase, son of Dr. L. Laasc,
speech department head, offers
Tiny Tim's "God bless us, every
one!" Sing Carols.
A double male quartet from the
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Radio Classes
Begin Series
Of Broadcasts
Inaugurating a series of radio
programs unique in the univer
sity's history, members of the uni
versity radio classes under the di
rection of Prof. Leo A. Martin,
aired for the first time two new
weekly programs over radio sta
tion KFOR at 4:45 p. m. on Wed
nesday and Thursday afternoons.
Sponsored by the Lincoln Safety
Council, the programs are some
what similar to the popular radio
serial "One Man's Family,'1 with
the characters selected from be
ginning radio classes. Student di
rectors have been chosen from the
advanced radio class, and the
scripts are written locally.
Martin emphasized the fact that
"the plays follow the 'popularized'
version of safety programs with
very little of the 'preaching' which
accompanies so many programs of
this type, both of these serials defi
nitely contain human interest and
will be entertaining as well as edu
cational." The addition of these two new
series of radij dramatizations
represents what Is probably the
first time programs of this type
(See RADIO, page 2)
school of music under the direc
tion of J. Dayton Smith will sing
Christmas songs between acts.
There will be community caroling
in the main lounge and free re
freshments will be served in the
(See PARTY, page 2)
Nebraskan Offers
Gift Suggestions
Today's Issue of the Dairy
Nebraskan is a special Christ
ma gift edition. It is put out
by the staff so that students
may gain information and sug
gestions for the holiday thru
the advertising and special fea
ture stories.
Navy Starts
Recruiting
Drive Here
To inform students about naval
service, a group of officials of the
naval recruiting service will ex
plain the opportunities offered in
the various branches of the U. S.
Navy in the Union ballroom at 11
a. m. next Tuesday.
Showing moving pictures and
letcure, the officers will discuss
in particular the Navy air corps
and the engineer service. Partici
pating in the convocation will be:
Lieut. Comm. Webster Wright,
senior member of flight selection
at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City;
Lieut. G. R. Underwood, medical
corps USN; Ensign P. J. Townley,
Omaha recruiting office; and chief
bosun's mate George G. Greenwell
of the Lincoln recruiting office.
Fred Waring Replays UN
Song on Program Tonight
'Dear
Fred Waring, his glee club, and
his band, will repeat "Dear Old
Nebraska U," the song he wrote
especially for the university on
his popular College Smoker Night
broadcast tonight at 6 p. m., over
the red network of the National
Broadcasting Co. The loyalty song
was first written and presented to
Nebraska in May, 1940, as the re
sult of widely circulated petitions
submitted to Waring by students.
Waring was noted for his peppy
singing and playing of traditional
college songs long before he was
stormed to add some new blood to
pep and alma maters. He at
tempted to fill the bill when stu
dents wrote him, describing the
type of song their school needed,
See WARING, page 2)
Professor llaney Directs Program as . . .
Coeds in CPT Stand Explain Second
Semester Courses; Help Fill Vacancies
By Ed Hirsch.
For the first time since the
Civilian Pilot Training courses
have been offered in the univer
sity, the engineering college is
conducting an extensive drive to
interest students in flying so that
the acute shortage of aviators will
be filled.
Particularly prominent in the
drive to fill current vacancies in
the course is the recruiting booth
set up in the Union lobby. Manned
by uniformed coeds, as shown at
the left, the booth has done much
to disseminate information about
the course.
With the aid of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration the univer
sity is thus endeavoring to clarify
false impressions held by students
in regard to the CPT courses.
Bulletins and pamphlets have been
printed and circulated freely
among the students.
No Need to Fly Afterwards.
Contrary to the belief of many
students that on the completion
of the CPT course they are re
quired to continue further training
in the cadet flying schools, Prof.
J. W. Haney, charman of the me
chanical engineering department
and ground school director, stated
that it is hoped that the student,
on completion of the course, if he
is called for military service, will
transfer to the air corps. However,
if the student is interested in the
cadet schools, he will find the CPT
training of considerable advantage
for the army gives 30 credit hours
and the navy 33 credit hours for
the basic course. According to
reports only nine percent of stu
dents who have taken the CPT
courses are "washed out" com
pared with 39 percent of other stu
dents. This second semester four eepa
(See CPT, page 2)
Promimieini't RSIem
Lay Corneretoinie'
War Neivs
Late last night Russia an
nounced that Germany had put
out peace feelers, but that the
soviet union would make peace
with the nazis only through the
joint agreement of Britain and
the U.S.
Admiral Thomas C. Hart,
commander in chief of the
Asiatic fleet, reported last
night that the U. S. navy had
scored bomb hits on a Japanese
battleship off the coast of
Luzon.
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Students get pertinent iuiTo'rmation about Civilian Pilot
training in the Union lobby.
Of Library Today
Cornerstone ceremonies for the
$800,000 Don L. Love Memorial LU
brary will be conducted this after
noon at 2 p. m. by administration
officials and associates of Mr.
Love.
This contribution of Mr. Love,
the largest example of his philan
thropy on this campus, will be
praised in short essays by Frank
Peterson, J. L. Teeter, and W. E.
Barkley. The essays will be placed
inside the cornerstone before the
cement is poured.
Participating in the ceremonies
will be Chancellor C. S. Boucher;
Dr. R. A. Miller, director of uni
versity libraries; R. W. Devoe,
president of the board of regents;
Barkley, administrator of the Love
estate; Teeter, business associate
of Mr. Love; and Peterson, lawyer
for the estate.
The building is expected to
reach completion next fall. Rapid
construction, watched with inter
(See LIBRARY, page 2)
Hanson Wins
West Point
Appointment
After receiving the highest score
in a West Point entrance examina
tion, Vera Hanson, sophomore in
the engineering college from Goth
enburg, was appointed yesterday
to enter the United States Military
Academy, July 1, 1942. Lee C.
White, freshman in engineering
from Omaha, was 1st alternate.
However, before entering West
Point Hanson must pass a physical
examination. The tests to deter
mine appointments were given
only to the men of Nebraska and
was under the sponsorship of Sen
ator George W. Norris.
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